UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
Las Vegas, Nevada
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MessageMikayla Whitmore: Between a Rock and a Cliff
- January 13, 2020 - February 08, 2020
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Mikayla Whitmore
"An Expensive Place to Die," 2019
Archival metallic print
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Born and raised in Las Vegas, a city that thrives on calculated illusions, Whitmore is interested in the spaces between fiction and reality. This diorama contrasts the artificial scale of the reflective tombstones with the presence of genuine earth. Museum gloves, whose baggy forms suggest Mickey Mouse hands, keep the tombstones upright, perhaps prompting the viewer to ask questions about what they might be memorializing and why this spot should be privileged with so much attention. The scene is bathed in an apocalyptic light. An Expensive Place to Die came in part from Whitmore’s collaborative work with Las Vegas artists Mary Sabo and Karin Q. Miller.
- Created: 2019